Emj Podcast

Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, and Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, take you through the best of the Emergency Medicine Journal in July 2022. They cover some important topics including ED crowding, telephone triage, unrecognised endobroncheal intubation, acute coronary syndromes and pre-hospital trauma. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/7/491 If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emj-podcast/id445358244).

This month we have a feast of studies looking at cardiac arrest. Want to know if one-handed CPR is any good for multi-tasking pre-hospital responders? You'll find out if you listen. Want to know if pre-hospital ECMO should be a thing for elite athletes at major events? We cover that too. Want to know if machine learning is about to revolutionise our practice and solve all our crowding problems? It's all here. And more. Take a listen and keep yourself at the cutting edge! Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/5/343 If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emj-podcast/id445358244).

Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the very best of the Emergency Medicine Journal with most of the papers we published in April 2022. We cover everything from sepsis and qSOFA scoring to how to manage traumatic pneumothoraces and how to recognise cervical spine injuries. We even look at the problem we have with convenience sampling in Emergency Medicine clinical research studies. Do we need to make big changes? Have a listen and find out! Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/4/269 If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emj-podcast/id445358244).

Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the March 2022 edition of the EMJ. We've picked out some of the hottest, most controversial papers from this month's episodes and we're privileged to have the thoughts of the EMJ Editor in Chief, Ellen Weber. We'll discuss hot issues from the association between exit block and mortality, the 4-hour target, the prognostic importance of admitting patients to outlying wards, decision aids for traumatic brain injury and to predict hospital admission [is doctor better than computer at deciding who needs admission?] and lung ultrasound for COVID-19. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/3/165 You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/us

Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the February edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/2/85. You can subscribe to the EMJ podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the EMJ Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emj-podcast/id445358244). Thank you for listening!

Rick Body, Deputy Editor of EMJ, and Sarah Edwards, Social Media Editor of EMJ, talk through the highlights of the January 2022 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/1 Details of the papers mentioned in the podcast: Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/3 Heterogeneity of reasons for attendance in frequent attenders of emergency departments and its relationship to future attendance: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/10 Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children: a retrospective observational analysis: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/17 How much time do doctors spend providing care to each child in the ED? A time and motion study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/39/1/23 Evidence base for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosis of skull fractures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis: https://emj.bm

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the December 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/867 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Evaluation of a state law on opioid-prescribing behaviour and the void affecting codeine-containing antitussive syrup - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/889 We Need to Talk About Codeine: an Implementation Study to reduce the number of Emergency Department patients discharged on high-strength co-codamol using the Behaviour Change Wheel - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/895 Feasibility and usefulness of rapid 2-channel-EEG-monitoring (point-of-care EEG) for acute CNS disorders in the paediatric emergency department: an observational study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/919 Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/923 Early warning scores to assess the probability of critical illness in patie

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the August 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. A systematic mixed studies review of patient experiences in the ED https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/03/emermed-2020-210634 To prescribe or not to prescribe for paediatric sore throat: A retrospective cohort study comparing clinician-led antibiotic prescriptions to FeverPAIN and Centor scoring in a tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department and a national review of practice. https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/14/emermed-2020-210786 Early Prediction of Serious Infections in Febrile Infants Incorporating Heart Rate Variability in an Emergency Department: A Pilot Study https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/16/emermed-2020-210675 Toddler’s Fracture Immobilisation (ToFI) Study - A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Immobilisation in Above Knee Plaster of Paris to Controlled Ankle Motion Boots in Undisplaced Paediatric Spiral Tibial Fractures https://emj.bmj.co

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through the highlights of the June 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/407 Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: where to from here? (16 March, 2021) FREE Katie Walker, Tim Dwyer, Heather A Heaton: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/408 Usability of electronic health record systems in UK EDs Editor's Choice (3 March, 2021) Benjamin Michael Bloom, Jason Pott, Stephen Thomas, David Ramon Gaunt, Thomas C Hughes: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/410 Hypochloraemia is associated with 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective analysis of a multicentre prospective registry: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/423 Emergency department attendances during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis of attendances following Irish governmental pandemic measures: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/6/439 Incidence of emergency calls and out-of-hospital cardiac a

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/249 Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315 When dispatcher assistance is not saving lives: assessment of process compliance, barriers and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a metropolitan city in China: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/252 S100B protein level for the detection of clinically significant intracranial haemorrhage in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a subanalysis of a prospective cohort study: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/285 Effect of tranexamic acid on intracranial haemorrhage and infarction in patients with traumatic brain injury: a pre-planned substudy in a sample of CRASH-3 trial patients: https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/270 Synergistic effects of emergency physician empathy and burnout on patient satisfaction: a prospectiv

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the February 2021 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/87 Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/88 Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound in COVID-19 https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/94 Rise and fall of the aerosol box; and what we must learn from the adoption of untested equipment https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/109 COVID-19 aerosol box as protection from droplet and aerosol contaminations in healthcare workers performing airway intubation: a randomised cross-over simulation study https://emj.bmj.com/content/38/2/111 Evaluation of a novel approach to recognising community-acquired paediatric sepsis at ED triage by combining an electronic screening algorithm w

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the November 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/657 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/666 Head home: a prospective cohort study of a nurse-led paediatric head injury clinical decision tool at a district general hospital - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/680 Identification of very low-risk acute chest pain patients without troponin testing - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/690 National trends in chest pain visits in US emergency departments (2006–2016 - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/696 Community frailty response service: the ED at your front door - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/11/714 SONO case series: soft tissue infections,

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the October 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/593 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Are we preaching to the choir? Where should studies on frequent users of EDs be published? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/595 Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/597 A data linkage study of suspected seizures in the urgent and emergency care system in the UK - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/605 Perspectives of emergency department attendees on outcomes of resuscitation efforts: origins and impact on cardiopulmonary resuscitation preference - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/611 Integrating and maintaining automated external defibrillators and emergency planning in community sport settings: a qualitative case - study https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/10/617 Insufficient

Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECCo) is an initiative that aims to enhance global health interest and capacity within the field of emergency care. Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, talks to the group responsible for the initiative. Read the related papers on the EMJ website: https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/29/emermed-2020-209432 - Global health and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine: a cross-sectional survey of members and fellows https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/4/255 - Emergency response training and provision of emergency response kits to Rohingya community leaders Link to the blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/emj/2020/07/07/global-emergency-care-collaborative-sharing-in-global-health-for-everyone/ For further details or to get involved in this or future developments of GECCo, please follow us on twitter @GECCoUK or get in touch: contactgecco@gmail.com.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the August 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/395 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Undertriage of the elderly major trauma patient continues in major trauma centre care: a retrospective cohort review - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/508 I-FiBH trial: intravenous fluids in benign headaches—a randomised, single-blinded clinical trial - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/469 Colles’ type distal radial fractures undergoing manipulation in the ED: a multicentre observational cohort study - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/498 Read the full August issue here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8

What has COVID-19 meant for emergency care, and what will have to change going forward? Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of EMJ, Ellen Weber, discuss the reconfiguration brought to hospitals because of the pandemic and the role of emergency medicine now and in the future. They also reflect on how the virus exposed health inequalities and linked with the Black Lives Matter movement. Read the related editorial of the August issue: https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/458.

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the July 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/395 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicine - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/437 Evaluating the sustained effectiveness of a multimodal intervention aimed at influencing PIVC insertion practices in the emergency department - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/444 Endotracheal intubation with barrier protection - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/398 Aerosol containment box to the rescue: extra protection for the front line - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/400 Accuracy of PE rule-out strategies in pregnancy: secondary analysis of the DiPEP study prospective cohort - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/7/423 Oral nitroglycerin solution for oesophageal food impaction: a prospective single-arm pilot study - https://emj.bmj.com/

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the June 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the highlights: https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/321 Other links: Suffocating in the eye of the storm: attempting to breathe at the epicentre of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/330 Onsite telemedicine strategy for coronavirus (COVID-19) screening to limit exposure in ED - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/335 Implications for COVID-19 triage from the ICNARC report of 2204 COVID-19 cases managed in UK adult intensive care units - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/332 Early versus delayed emergency department presentation following mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the presence of symptom at 1, 4 and 12 weeks in children - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/338 The CRASH3 study: prehospital TXA for every injured patient? - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/6/392 Retrospective chart review of minor tibial fractures in preschoolers: immobilisation an

A bit later than usual, but here we are again! Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks with Professor Richard Body about the highlights of the May 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Read the primary survey here - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/249 Details of the papers mentioned in this podcast can be found below: SARS: experience from the emergency department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore - emj.bmj.com/content/20/6/501 Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-life care to patients in an ED context: a qualitative systematic review - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/265 End of life care in the emergency department - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/273 That was a game changer: clinical impact of an emergency department-based palliative care communication skills training workshop - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/262 Inter-rater reliability in a bespoke scoring tool: the Paediatric Observation Priority Score - emj.bmj.com/content/37/5/293 Are referrals to hospital from out-of-hours primary care asso

Simon Carley, Associate Editor of EMJ, talks through his highlights of the April 2020 edition of the Emergency Medicine Journal. Our regular monthly round up of the best and the brightest in the April edition of the EMJ. Read the primary survey here - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/177 Impact of emergency care centralisation on mortality and efficiency: a retrospective service evaluation - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/180 Three into one does go - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/178 Emergency department visits during the 4/20 cannabis celebration - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/187 Routine alcohol screening in the ED: unscreened patients have an increased risk for hazardous alcohol use - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/206 Inadvertent tissue adhesive tarsorrhaphy of the eyelid: a review and exploratory trial of removal methods of Histoacryl - https://emj.bmj.com/content/37/4/212 Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection: a me